St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-08
LIVE STOCK FOR DAKOTA.
Adverse Conditions in Other Sec
tions Will Conduce to the Ad-
vantage of the Big Territory.

AuScfSC OOuutUiOlS HI OchAOA oCC
tions Will Conduce to the Adj
vantage of the Big Territory.
Special to the Globe.
DICKINSON, Oct. 7.-"It is an i'll wind
that blows nobody good" A chain OF
circumstances has wrought an incalcu-
liable amount of injury to the live stock
industry of the West, including Mon
tana, Wyoming and other sections.
Those portions east and south of us have
also suffered in manner almost
unprecedented in the agricultural his
tory of the country. In the West, a year
ago, the cry was OverStOcking. Mon
tana and Wyoming, it was said, had
even then more cattle, horses, and
sheep than they could profitably carry.
and certainly SO in the face of
such continued drouth as these sec
tons had been the seat of. Large
herds of native and pilgrim cattle en-
tered upon the winter term for the most
part in poor condition, and, when it is
remembered that the winter set in un-
usually early, and continued almost
without an intermission for months, it
will not be wondered that the losses
have been estimated at
FROM so TO Is PER CENT.
In not few instances herds and
f1ockS suffered complete humiliation,
and few escaped without heavy losses.
This condition of things has been in
stlumental in bringing quite number
of the smaller stock growers to the wall
and deferred others from venturing
afresh into the business. On the other
hand, the cattle growers south and east of
us has not Jared much better. continued
drouth being the cause in this instance.
The state of Illinois, portions of Iowa,
Wisconsin and Minnesota have suffered
from continued dry weather in man
ner not known before in their history.
Calamitous results did not stop here, as,
together with what has been
value of all kinds of cattle has,
for quite heightened, period. been
gradually ON the decline. In the corn
and grazing districts of Illinois, Iowa
and elsewhere cattle of almost every
grade are lower in price than has been
known for many years. Dakota APP
pears to have been specially blessed
with an extremely favorable season,
and her yield has not been surpassed
by any previous year in the territory'S
history. The agricuralist of Dakota is
rapidly awakening to the fact that
MORE LIVE STOCK IS REQUISITE,
dlu IucIclOlc. SulllUlillS up lllt duNdHl-
ages that at the moment present them
selves, many Dakota capitalists
are launching somewhat extern
sively into live stock, and
this includes horses, cattle, sheep and
hogs. 1t is estimated that from 5000 to
10000 head of cattle and horses are being
shipped into Dakota per month, and it
is known, from statistics obtained from
the inspectors at the different points of
entry, that the number of ship
ments destined for Dakota has
increased at a most phenomenal ratio
in the past sixty days. Should this I'M
paralleled influx of live stock continue
through this autumn and coming spring,
it assuredly will be the means of work
ing marvellous change in agricultural
matters in the territory. and no doubt
will directly lead to much better and
more healthy condition of things. In
five years, or perhaps less, the territory
of Dakota will unquestionably be num-
bered among the greatest of Americas
beef-producing sections.